Figure 4.
(A) Structures of the sugar compounds; (B) FT-IR spectra of compound 5a in (a) crystalline state and (b) xerogel state (0.25% w/v in 1,2-dichlorobenzene); (C) Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) image of the gel of 5a in 1,2-dichlorobenzene at their CGCs, the scale bar is 200 nm; (D) AFM images of the gels of 5a in 1,2-dichlorobenzene. Reprinted with permission from [64]. Copyright 2015 Royal Society of Chemistry.